July 3 morning

 

   A reminder – who photographed the fly shown on July 2?

 

   Annie Pang sends a photograph obtained by local gardener Janet Scott of a caterpillar of a Cinnabar Moth.

Cinnabar Moth Tyria jacobaeae (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Janet Scott

 

   Bryan Gates sends photographs of a Common Emerald moth and a Tule Bluet damselfly, the latter being the only native North American species in the morning’s offerings.

 

Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Bryan Gates

 

Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)  Bryan Gates

 

   Marie O’Shaughnessy sends a photograph of an Essex Skipper:

 

Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineaola (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

 

     Jeremy Tatum writes:  Wanted!  Close-up photographs of the Essex Skipper clearly showing the underside of the tips of the antennae.